Review Article
Postoperative Complications following Nodal Dissection and Their Association with Melanoma Recurrence
Table 2
Nodal characteristics, recurrence and survival.
| | Characteristics | Inguinal dissection () | Axillary dissection () | value |
| | Sentinel node | | | | | Macrometastasis | 18 (28.6%) | 13 (31.7%) | 0.772 | | Micrometastasis | 44 (69.8%) | 22 (53.7%) | 0.106 | | Immunohistochemical | 1 (1.6%) | 6 (14.4%) | 0.01 | | Total nodes (mean ± SD) | 11.45 (±4.9) | 19.76 (±10.8) | <0.001 | | Median of total nodes | 11 | 18 | — | | Positive nodes (mean ± SD) | 1.93 (±3.25) | 2.12 (±3.27) | 0.722 | | Median of positive nodes | 1 | 1 | — | | % of positive nodes (mean ± SD) | 16.84 (±24.56) | 14.37 (±24.87) | 0.615 | | Recurrence rate | 53 (84.1%) | 26 (63.4%) | 0.016 | | Mean time to recurrence (months) | 28.9 (±24) | 34 (±27.7) | 0.206 | | Site of recurrence | | | | | Local or in transit | 13 (20.6%) | 6 (14.6%) | 0.887 | | Nodal | 16 (25.4%) | 7 (17.5%) | 0.764 | | Distant | 42 (66.7%) | 22 (53.7%) | 0.567 | | Mortality | 43 (68.3%) | 20 (48.8%) | 0.047 |
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